Re: [dvd-discuss] Slashdot article - Canadian Tariffs

["Michael A Rolenz" <Michael.A.Rolenz(at)aero.org>]

Makes me wonder how NAFTA will play into this.......

Isn't it wonderful how CD, cassettes and the like now all get lumped with 
cigarrettes, liquore, perfume and other tariffed items.....this proposal 
is INSANE.




"Arnold G. Reinhold" <reinhold@world.std.com>
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At 8:56 AM -0500 3/12/02, Dean Sanchez wrote:
>Slashdot has an article referencing the new tariffs that will be 
>imposed upon Canadians because they are all wicked, evil pirates 
>just like their US neighbors to the south;-)  The government has to 
>protect the poor defenseless record industry from the industry's own 
>customers.
>
>http://slashdot.org/articles/02/03/12/0243237.shtml?tid=141

From the official proposal 
http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/tariffs/proposed/c09032002-b.pdf

"Levy   Redevance
3. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the levy shall be
(a) 60¢ for each audio cassette of 40 minutes or more in length;
(b) 59¢ for each CD-R, CD-RW or each unit of any other type
of recordable or rewritable compact disc of 100 megabytes or
more of storage capacity;
(c) $1.23 for each CD-R Audio, CD-RW Audio or MiniDisc;
(d) 0.8¢ for each megabyte of memory in each removable elec-
tronic memory card, each removable flash memory storage
medium of any type, or each removable micro-hard drive;
(e) $2.27 for each DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM
or each unit of any other type of recordable or rewritable DVD;
(f) 2.1¢ for each megabyte of memory in each non-removable
electronic memory card or each non-removable flash memory
storage medium of any type incorporated into each MP3 player
or into each similar device with internal electronic or flash
memory that is intended for use primarily to record and  play
music;
(g)  $21  for  each  gigabyte  of  memory  in  each  non-removable
hard drive incorporated into each MP3 player or into each simi-
lar device with an internal hard drive that is intended  for use
primarily to record and play music. "

Sound like a lot of electronic stores will be opening in the U.S. 
just across the Canadian border.


Arnold Reinhold